threnody

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈθɹɛn.ə.di/

Noun

threnody (plural threnodies)

1. A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy.

   Synonyms: dirge, elegy, lamentation

   • 1973, Ann Bond, "New Organ Music," The Musical Times, vol. 114, no. 1565, p. 741:

     A strongly personal note runs through Kenneth Leighton's Improvisation (Novello, 35p), which is a threnody in memory of Maurice de Sausmārez. Gently undulating, cantabile lines of ‘mourning’ alternate with sharp, anguished note-clusters which work up to a fierce paroxysm of grief.

Translations

• German: Threnodie
• Portuguese: trenodia
• Russian: эле́гия
• Spanish: treno, canto fúnebre

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